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Environmental Chemistry Letters

Springer Nature · Switzerland · Est. 2003

ISSN1610-3653eISSN1610-3661

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

4.331

H-Indexi

182

SNIPi

3.878

Total Worksi

1,993

Total Citationsi

151,649

2yr Mean Citednessi

24.72

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Chemistry, Multidisciplinary; Engineering, Environmental; Environmental Sciences; Environmental Chemistry.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2003

FrequencyFour Issues A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,993

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Nature

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1610-3653 / 1610-3661

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

102

8.3k

2019

181

27k

2020

220

21k

2021

188

18k

2022

128

11k

2023

125

6.4k

2024

1.1k

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Environmental ChemistryQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Chemistry, MultidisciplinaryEngineering, EnvironmentalEnvironmental Sciences

Scopus Categories

Environmental Chemistry

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced Photocatalysis TechniquesPharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental ImpactsAdvanced oxidation water treatmentAdsorption and biosorption for pollutant removalMicroplastics and Plastic PollutionHeavy metals in environmentToxic Organic Pollutants ImpactNanoparticles: synthesis and applicationsAnalytical chemistry methods developmentRecycling and Waste Management Techniques

Frequently asked questions about Environmental Chemistry Letters

Is Environmental Chemistry Letters a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Environmental Chemistry Letters: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Environmental Chemistry Letters?

Environmental Chemistry Letters is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 24.72.

Is Environmental Chemistry Letters indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Environmental Chemistry Letters is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Environmental Chemistry Letters?